Bike Commute Diaries: Let Me Pull Over and Check

19Sep

So you’re driving down the freeway or a busy city street and your phone makes that irresistible sound: whoop! It’s a text message, probably from the friend you’re driving to meet. Or you’re lost and you need to read the map and there’s nowhere to pull over. So irritating! But rarely a problem for me when I’m riding my bike.

About the Bike Commute Diaries: Launched in May 2012 for National Bike Month, this series explores the unexpected and surprising things I’ve learned about bicycling for transportation.

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13 responses to “Bike Commute Diaries: Let Me Pull Over and Check”

Jeff

September 20, 2012 at 8:52 am

So your riding down a country road and the irritating noise is not from your phone. Pull it out anyway and use the camera to record the event. Two riders in Colorado did and got a crazy driver busted for harassing them.

ugh street harassment :( wish i had done this when this happened to me and my group. funny thing is i now know where the truck lives now and i see it forever parked at the home i pass every time i enter and leave downtown san jose. i guess they got scared. i’m not sure.

on another incident, me and my same group got lecture that we didn’t belong on the road by a different old truck driver. even though we told him we were allowed to take the lane, due to lack of a designated bike lane, he said to us we’ll get our “just deserts” for taking the lane…. wat??? D:

That’s funny that you ride by the truck whenever you go downtown. It would be tempting to like leave little “love notes” on the truck. I don’t get harassed much, but I know there are a lot of drivers who don’t understand that taking the lane or using a left turn pocket lane are normal, safe, legal bike behavior.

I’ve seen someone do that too on busy Stevens Creek! D: headphones and actually reading a thick paperback book. i don’t recall her wearing a helmet either. in my mind i was thinking, “Why would you do that?!”

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